Wooden veneer berry-box.



No. 729,932. I E PATENKTED JUNE 2, 1 903.

E. L. WALKER. V OODEN VENEER BERRY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 3. 1903.

no MODEL. & 2' SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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' lating to the outside end flaps 1.

Patented June 2, 1903.

ENQS L. WALKER, on ST. LOUIS, rssouer.

WOODEN VENEER BERRY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION fOlIlling part Of Letters Patent NO. 729,982, dated June2, 1903.

Application filed March 3; 1903. $erial No. 146,014. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: I,

Be it known that I, ENOS L.WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wooden Veneer Berry-Boxes, of which the followingis a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in Wooden veneer berry-boxes; andit consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

The object of this invention is to improve upon Letters Patent No.512,571, granted to me on the 9th day of January, 1894.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of my improved berry-box. Fig.2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of theblank with parts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the outside end flaps, and 2 theinside end flaps. The outside end flaps 1 have smooth abutting edges 3,and when the box is formed the ends of said flaps bear against eachother, as illustrated in Fig. l, and are held in such relation after thebox has been completed. The said outside end flaps form a trussstructure to strengthen the box against side compression, To strengthenthe ends of the box against outward pressure of the contents which maybe placed within the box and also from pressure which may be applied tothe outside of the end, I employ in the construction of my box astiffening-strip 4, andv said stifiening-strip 4 is adapted tofit'snuglyin the box, as illustrated'in Figs. 1 and 2, and occupies aposition between the outside end flaps 1 and the inside end flaps 2.While this stiffening-strip a has the function as above described, inview of the fact that it is made to fit snugly'inthe end of said box andbe tween the sides 5 and 6 of the same it has the additional function ofstrengthening the ends of the box against side compression or asimilarfunction, as heretofore described'as re- The inside end flaps 2 aretapered and act as a former when turned up in the construction of thebox, so as to hold the sides 5 and 6 in a flaring position, and whilethe inside end flaps 2 stiffening-strip 4 and the inside end flaps 2 itwill be seen that I have constructed a berrybox out of wooden veneermaterial which has its ends strengthened against side compression andagainst any ordinary pressure from the inside or outside of the ends ofthe box,

In view of the fact that my invention is especially designed'for thetransportation 'of strawberries and other perishable and delicatefruitsit is necessary that the box should be as rigid as possible, sothat the ends or sides will not expand, allowing the fruits to work down"and pack in the box, thereby crushing the same. after being built issusceptible of expansion such a box when filled and transported a longdistance will have the appearance at its destination of not beingfilled, so it is absolutely necessary in a box designed for this purposethat itv should be perfectly rigid as far as it can be made.

In the construction of my box I take a wooden piece of veneer, a portionof which is illustrated in Fig. 3 (and the remaining portion of whichwould be a duplicate of 'what is shown in- Fig. 3) and form thereinslits 7 and 8, making the outside end flaps 1 and inside end flaps 2. Ialso form in proximity to theoutside end flaps 1 scores 9 and 10 and inproximity to the inside end flaps 2 scores 11 and 12. It will be noticedin this connection that the scores 9 and 10 are spaced apart fartherthan the scores 11 and 12, so as to provide for the flaring of the sidesof the box and also to compensate for the'thickness of the end flaps 2and the stifiening-strip;4..

In other words, where the scores 9 and 11and 10 and 12 approach eachother theyliein planes apart of twice the thickness of the veneer. Afterthe veneer blank has been scored and slitted, as hereinbefore described,to form the box the inside end flaps 2 are first turned up. Then thesides 5 and 6 are hyped up against the edges of the inside end Then,again, if the box flaps 2. Then the outside end flaps 1 are broughttogether on the outside of the inside end flaps 2, their free edgesabutting against each other. The stiffening-strip 4 is then insertedbetween the outside end flaps and the inside end flaps, and by means ofstaples 13, driven through the outside end flaps 1, the stiifening-strip4, and the inside end flaps 2,

the ends of the box are fastened.

of the box and located between the said inside and outside end flaps,the veneer blank being scored along lines 11, 12, at the lower edges ofthe inside end flaps and along the lines 9, 10, where the outside endflaps 1, 1, join the side flaps of the box, scores 9 and 11, and 10 and12, being out of line with each other a distance equal to the combinedthickness of an end flap 2 and a stiffening-strip 4, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENOS L. WALKER. Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, JOHN C. I-IIcDoN.

